Steam in the US is pretty beefy. I live in Kansas City and due to Google Fiber and other ISP's trying to match Google we get some great speeds. Steam won't saturate the line but that's more due to HD write limitations than because Steam wasn't handling it.

There is. It's not an issue with Microsoft's OS's it's how others have written their applications. Many many many MANY current applications would simply be broke and not install because of the way they were built. Most installers try to recognize what operating system you're using and if it doesn't match the list…

Yeah, I actually believe most of us that have grown up in a world that has had constant and vast technology changes over short periods of time will not have too many issues keeping up. My grandparents grew up in a time that really didn't change all that much over their years. They sat back and got perfectly…

The term app is correct for both but typical usage makes app refer to mobile applications where programs refer to desktop applications. It's a dumb distinction but it's one that is used and common to not cause confusion with what you're talking about. Also, the term app became popular because typing on mobile…

I don't. The low frame rates is because they simply didn't have enough power. The black bars is for the same reason. It saves them cpu/gpu cycles and gives them more resources to produce a game with the graphical fidelity they want while also keeping framerates a playable level on the console. If they wanted a…

You use PC's to create games but you're only running the development tools and then creating the new build which is then ran on a console to test. It's actually a lot more complicated than that but that's the gist.

What part of them saying, "built for PC players by PC players" before anybody bought it do you not get? Is a person being entitled when they expect to get something that was advertised to them? I don't believe so. When you are told something like that you expect, at least, what was good in the past and might even…

For the first time pretty much ever I bought the console version over the PC version and now I am glad that I did. Bioware just can't be trusted at all when it comes to PC ports. I have no clue what it is that they do to screw them up so much but they do it consistently. ME2 and ME3 with a complete lack of…

No doubt. The first Tales from the Borderlands episode was EVERYTHING I wanted in Borderlands story. It took a little while to warm up but by the time I was halfway through I was impressed all to hell. Now if only Gearbox will let BL3 tell a story in this fashion while also giving us improved gameplay and loot I'd…

That is your opinion. One which isn't supported by pretty much every language that has ever existed. So you are entitled to it but it doesn't make you correct simply because you believe in despite the facts.

It's extremely common on Twitch streams (particularly LoL streams but you see it everywhere really) and in Youtube comments. Luckily you don't see it on gaming websites like this very often but you will see it on YT and in some of the large (and not moderated well) Twitch streams. Luckily most of the Twitch streams…

Yeah. I still say "tape" when referring to recording anything. I tend to pretty open to adapting to new language and tech but some things have just stuck with me.

Woah, simmer down there. I wrote a reason as to why people think the way they think and cited words, phrases and languages in general evolving over time to adapt to current usages and slang and you tell me to, "learn something". I did not take a personal stance on the subject. So you need to take a breather.

Ubisoft gets well deserved shit but they obviously employ some creative and talented people there and allow them to not only work on internal projects but bring them to the public. Not every release has to be a huge multi-million selling title (even though their small titles have hit those numbers). Blood Dragon,…

Nobody was saying it was bad. Just that it was over inflated which is a valid issue due to the source material being short and the movies adding so much fluff and changes that wasn't in the book. That's a completely valid viewpoint. Especially when you consider that money was most likely a massive motivating factor…

That all depends on how you define it. If you are going off of the typical gamingdefinition then it's different than a classic definition. Words and phrases evolve over time based on what is popular and common usage becomes the norm despite a classic definition disagreeing with common usage. Many of the words we…

I'd rather have kids using the term salty than calling everyone Autistic. I have no clue when calling somebody Autistic became a thing but it really needs to stop. It makes very little sense and it's used as a catch-all insult by ignorant people.

You don't need an expensive rig to make most games look pretty amazing. You only need an expensive rig if you want to play at 4k with playable framerates. You don't even need an expensive one to take the screenshots posted in the Neogaf thread because playable framerates aren't required.

I've never cared about black reproductions all that much honestly. I've had TV's and monitors that supposedly had great black reproduction and some that are just OK and there is a scientific measurable difference but the real world difference is pretty underwhelming in my experience. But, I don't also consider…

There are many accounts of fixing in regular sports. But it's a hard thing to prove even with evidence. And this goes for the entire world and not just NA. Gamblers and people who want to make easy money off of it exist and have existed since the beginning of man. If you did a bit of research you'd find the topic…